Latest local news, weather, high school sports in the Rio Grande Valley

Monday, April 01, 2013  24 hours after burying his 7-year-old son, John Perri is speaking out exclusively to Action 4's Katie Lopez saying he doesn't want another family to go through the pain he's had to endure in the last few days.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Already a drug and weapons free zone, the Rio Hondo Independent School district is now also a balloon free zone.

Friday, December 07, 2012  A San Benito woman is facing criminal charges after being pulled over in a traffic stop where officers found marijuana wrapped inside an old traffic ticket.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  A Los Fresnos C.I.S.D. school bus, parked outside Palmer Laakso Elementary School, becomes the thorn in the side of speeders.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  The runoff for Texas State Representative District 40 ended with Terry Canales winning his seat at the Texas State Capitol.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  It's down to the wire in the race for the Texas State Reprsentative District 40 seat in Hidalgo County.

Monday, July 23, 2012  Aside from both being attorneys, Terry Canales and Agustin "Gus" Hernandez, Junior want voters to know they couldn't be more different as candidates in the Democratic primary runoff election for Texas State Representative District 40.

Saturday, June 30, 2012  The Department of Public Safety released the name of the second victim killed in a Friday night car crash. .

Friday, June 29, 2012  Two people are killed in a collision in Donna tonight. According to DPS, the driver of a Chevy Monte Carlo was passing another car heading south on Val Verde road at a high rate of speed.

Friday, May 18, 2012  A Harlingen High School South student is facing criminal charges after authorities found a Xanax pill in her purse.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  Stormy weather has flooded the construction site for a new Boys and Girls Club near Liberty Middle School.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  The makeshift memorial for McAllen High School freshman Marissa Bauman continues to grow at the intersection where she was hit and killed by a vehicle early Friday morning while walking to school.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  Fireworks back at the start of the New Year. The January zapping on Alberta Road between Raul Longoria and I Road, north of San Juan, netted several firsts.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  Mission police arrest the driver involved in a hit and run outside an elementary school on Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  There's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Charro Days in Brownsville and Speedzapping in Edinburg on this Fat Tuesday in 2012.